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Shrewsbury Town v Bolton Wanderers : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 15th Feb, 15:00 BST, Montgomery Waters Meadow, Shrewsbury

Bolton Wanderers are on the road on Saturday afternoon, as manager Steven Gerrard takes his men to visit Shrewsbury Town and Gareth Ainsworth at the Montgomery Waters Meadow in the League One. It's our aim to give you everything you need to make a smart bet on this encounter, so we've searched our extensive database and dug out the statistics that are most significant. Head-to-head and recent form is included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Neither Shrewsbury or Bolton are in the kind of form that would leave us feeling very confident in tipping a match winner, so we're going with over 1.5 goals. The stats show that both have a proven record in this market, both individually and when going head-to-head. Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 77% chance of 2 goals or more.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 42% chance of Bolton coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Change odds
Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Shrewsbury
33%
3/1
11%
11/4
7%
Draw
25%
5/2
3%
13/5
Bolton
42%
9/10
3%
19/20
5%
Draw 1-1
12%
6/111/2
Bolton 1-0
9%
13/2
21%
6/1
7%
Bolton 2-1
9%
15/27/1
Shrewsbury 1-0
8%
11/1
8%
17/2
Shrewsbury 2-1
8%
12/1
8%
10/1
10%
Bolton 2-0
7%
17/2
14%
15/2
6%
Draw 0-0
6%
10/1
27%
8/1
5%
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
25%
11/1
Shrewsbury 2-0
5%
20/114/1
Bolton 3-1
4%
14/112/1
Bolton 3-0
3%
16/1
11%
12/1
13%
Shrewsbury 3-1
3%
28/1
12%
22/1
10%
Bolton 3-2
3%
25/1
24%
18/1
Shrewsbury 3-2
2%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Shrewsbury 3-0
2%
40/128/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
52%
9/10
14%
17/20
3%
Under 2.5 Goals
48%
9/10
12%
17/20
3%
Home 1st Goal
46%
8/5
8%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
4/7
3%
-
No 1st Goal
4%
10/1
27%
-
BTTS - Yes
55%
3/4
11%
3/4
3%
BTTS - No
45%
1/1
11%
19/20
3%
BTTS - Home Win
16%
13/2
25%
11/2
8%
BTTS - Draw
19%
7/2
4%
7/2
BTTS - Away Win
20%
3/1
11%
14/5
Home/draw
58%
10/11
6%
5/6
5%
Away/draw
67%
2/9
5%
1/4
4%
Home/away
75%
2/72/7
Over 1.5 Goals
76%
2/7
8%
2/7
3%
Under 1.5 Goals
24%
5/2
19%
12/5
3%
Over 3.5 Goals
30%
9/4
24%
21/10
3%
Under 3.5 Goals
70%
1/3
8%
1/3
1%
Over 4.5 Goals
14%
11/2
30%
19/4
5%
Under 4.5 Goals
86%
1/9
5%
1/9
1%
Over 5.5 Goals
6%
12/1
30%
10/1
Under 5.5 Goals
94%
1/25
2%
1/33
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/20
2%
1/20
1%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
10/1
27%
8/1
5%
Home DNB
51%
7/4
5%
13/8
5%
Away DNB
60%
2/5
3%
2/5
5%
Shrewsbury win to nil
17%
6/1-
Bolton win to nil
22%
12/5
9%
-
Shrewsbury / Shrewsbury
13%
11/2
18%
19/4
5%
Shrewsbury / Bolton
4%
22/1
10%
18/1
Shrewsbury / Draw
6%
14/112/1
8%
Draw / Shrewsbury
10%
7/113/2
7%
Draw / Bolton
16%
4/119/5
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
8%
4/1
Bolton / Shrewsbury
3%
33/1
17%
25/1
13%
Bolton / Bolton
26%
21/10
3%
2/1
6%
Bolton / Draw
6%
12/111/1
Win / draw / win League One table

Shrewsbury have played 30 matches so far this season and are in 21st position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

27 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 15 games, drawn 6 and won 6. Shrewsbury have conceded 41 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 11 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Shrewsbury have played 14 games at home, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 7 fixtures. They have scored 16 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and failed to score 4 times in home league games.

Bolton lay in 8th place on 47 points in the League One league table having played 30 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 21 games against teams below them in the table, winning 12, drawing 3 and losing 6 games. They have scored 43 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 30 goals and have failed to score in 3 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 14 away games, winning 6, drawing 2 and losing 6 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.5 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Shrewsbury
Bolton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham2820623166 
w
 
3-2F
Mar 29
Mar 4
l
 
2-0A
2
Wycombe2917842559 
l
 
1-4A
Apr 1
Apr 18
d
 
0-00-0
3
Wrexham2916761855 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
d
 
0-00-0
Mar 1
4
Stockport3115971754 
l
 
0-2A
l
 
1-0A
Mar 15
l
 
5-0A
5
Charlton3014881150 
l
 
0-1A
l
 
1-0A
l
 
1-2F
l
 
2-0A
6
Huddersfield2914781549 
Feb 18
l
 
1-0A
l
 
0-4A
w
 
0-1F
7
L Orient29145101847 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
Feb 22
w
 
1-2F
8
Bolton Away3014511147 
Feb 15
d
 
2-2F
-
-
9
Reading3013710246 
Mar 22
d
 
1-1A
w
 
5-2F
l
 
1-0A
10
Barnsley3012711143 
l
 
0-2A
Apr 26
l
 
1-2F
Apr 12
11
Blackpool309138140 
l
 
1-2F
d
 
1-1A
w
 
2-1A
Mar 29
12
Lincoln30101010140 
w
 
1-0F
Apr 12
w
 
3-0F
Apr 21
13
Stevenage2911711-240 
Feb 22
l
 
1-0A
May 3
w
 
1-4F
14
Rotherham3010812-138 
d
 
1-1F
w
 
1-2F
Mar 22
l
 
3-1A
15
Mansfield2911414-337 
w
 
2-1A
l
 
2-1F
w
 
3-1A
l
 
2-1A
16
Wigan289712-134 
Apr 18
d
 
2-2A
l
 
0-2A
Apr 1
17
Northampton308913-1633 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 21
w
 
3-1F
w
 
2-4F
18
Exeter299515-1332 
l
 
0-2A
Mar 8
l
 
0-2A
w
 
1-2A
19
Bristol R299515-1632 
Mar 4
l
 
1-0A
Apr 5
Mar 11
20
Peterborough308616-1130 
l
 
1-4F
Mar 1
w
 
1-0F
Apr 26
21
Shrewsbury Home307617-1927 
-
-
d
 
2-2A
Feb 15
22
Crawley297616-2027 
May 3
w
 
3-5F
w
 
4-3A
w
 
0-2F
23
Burton3051114-1426 
Mar 15
l
 
2-0A
w
 
2-1F
Mar 8
24
Cambridge305817-2523 
Apr 5
l
 
4-1A
d
 
2-2A
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Shrewsbury 21ST
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
34
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
3
Lost
11
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
19 / 20
Clean sheets
1 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
D
4
Lost
10
Bolton 8TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
28
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
8
Draw
5
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
30
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
9
D
3
Lost
8
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Shrewsbury since 2017
Shrewsbury
Bolton
Goals: Scored
3
7
Games: Scored
1 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
3 / 4
SHR
1
BOL
3
League games at Bolton since 2016
Bolton
Shrewsbury
Goals: Scored
10
7
Games: Scored
6 / 6
5 / 6
Clean sheets
1 / 6
0 / 6
D
3
BOL
3
Goal Statistics

Bolton Wanderers's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Shrewsbury Town have conceded in each of their last 9 League One games. A PG of 1.5 for Steven Gerrard's side suggests that run should continue.

Shrewsbury 21st Bolton 8th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.5
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
28%
1
36%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 64% probability that Shrewsbury will score no more than 1 goal
0
23%
1
34%
2
25%
3
12%
4+
There is a 77% probability that Bolton will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-15
Shrewsbury have scored 15% fewer goals at home than predicted
-4
Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.4
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.4
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Shrewsbury
PG (predicted goals)
Bolton
1.3
1.5
Attack rating
%
better
SHR
BOL
view stats
Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
SHR
BOL
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Shrewsbury v Bolton League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Shrewsbury League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
268510
M BenningJ MarquisM BenningA Pierre
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
G Lloyd FWD2952
5
-
M Benning DEF2815
9
-
J Marquis FWD2781
4
-
A Gilliead MID261
2
-
M Feeney DEF2411
6
-
L Hoole DEF231
5
-
F Ojo MID222
5
-
L. Castledine MID222
4
-
J Feeney DEF2111
2
-
J Shipley MID212
3
-
A Pierre DEF202
10
-
T Perry MID2021
6
-
T Savin GLK19
2
-
T Nsiala DEF161
3
1
G Nurse DEF12
-
J Blackman GLK11
-
H Biggins MID7
1
-
D Gape MID4
-
V Oliver FWD2
-
C. Stewart FWD2
-
Bolton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
288511
S SchönA CollinsJ Dacres-CogleyG Thomason
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
S Schön DEF2913
8
-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF295
4
-
J McAtee FWD2962
3
-
A Collins FWD2983
4
-
G Johnston DEF26
6
-
V Adeboyejo FWD253
2
-
R Santos DEF241
9
-
J Matete MID242
5
-
G Thomason MID2331
11
-
J Sheehan MID2225
6
-
J Osei-Tutu DEF1912
6
-
N Baxter GLK18
3
-
W Forrester DEF14
1
-
K. Lolos MID1412
4
-
E Toal DEF1311
1
-
L Southwood GLK12
2
-
G Jones DEF12
1
-
K Dempsey MID1032
1
-
A Morley MID811
1
-
J Randall MID711
-
A. Murphy DEF31
-
C Mendes FWD3
-
C Forino DEF2
-
K Etete FWD1
-